Report 2019-118 Recommendation 43 Responses

Report 2019-118: Automated License Plate Readers: To Better Protect Individuals' Privacy, Law Enforcement Must Increase Its Safeguards for the Data It Collects (Release Date: February 2020)

Recommendation #43 To: Sacramento County Sheriff's Department

To protect ALPR data to the appropriate standard, by August 2020, Sacramento should perform an assessment of its ALPR system data-security features, and make adjustments to its system configuration where necessary to comply with CJIS policy best practices based on that assessment.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office assessed the ALPR system data-security settings and made adjustments based upon the assessment to comply with recommendations. The adjustments included limiting the number of administrators and normalizing the expiration date for inactivity to the CJIS recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented


1-Year Agency Response

As of April 20, 2021, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department had not provided a response on the recommendations in this audit.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending


6-Month Agency Response

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department did not provide a six-month response to this recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending


60-Day Agency Response

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department did not provide a 60-day response.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending


All Recommendations in 2019-118

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.